The canto 14 reading presents a grim social diagnosis in which the Arno valley degenerates into hogs, curs, wolves, and foxes, making envy and civic corruption look like an entire moral ecosystem.
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Civic corruption
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"Canto 14. Who is this man who, although death has yet to grant him flight, can circle round our mountain and can at will..."
"My name has not yet gained much fame. If, with my understanding, I have seized your meaning properly, replied to me, the one who'd..."
"Therefore, the nature of that squalid valley's people has changed, as if they were in Circe's pasture. That river starts with miserable course among..."
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